Monday: Defining the Columbian Exchange

CW:

HW:
1) Study for tomorrow's Periodization 4.0 Quiz!
2) Read, annotate, and study the following reading.

3) Complete the following SAQ prompt (that we were working on in class);
“The Columbian exchange has left us not with a richer but a more impoverished genetic pool. We, all of life on this planet, are the less for Columbus, and the impoverishment will increase.”
Professor Alfred Crosby in The Columbian Exchange Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492
Using the excerpt above, answer parts A, B, and C.
A. Explain Crosby’s argument.
B. Identify and explain two developments that support Crosby’s argument.
C. Identify and explain two developments that refute Crosby’s argument.

Tuesday: Evaluating the Columbian Exchange (and the start of Globalization)

CW:

HW:
Watch, take notes on, and complete the EdPuzzle regarding the following Crash Course regarding the Atlantic Slave Trade:
The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course World History #24:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnV_MTFEGIY

Wednesday: Investigating the Consequences of the Atlantic Slave Trade

CW:
2) The Atlantic slave trade: What too few textbooks told you - Anthony Hazard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NXC4Q_4JVg
HW:
Watch, take notes on, and complete the EdPuzzle regarding the following Crash Course regarding the Spanish Empire:
The Spanish Empire, Silver, & Runaway Inflation: Crash Course World History #25:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjhIzemLdos

Thursday: Analyzing the Historical Legacy of the Spanish Empire

CW:
The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Empire:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueu5yohTBek
HW:
Watch, take notes on, and complete the EdPuzzle regarding the following Crash Course regarding the Dutch East India Company:
Capitalism and the Dutch East India Company: Crash Course World History 229:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPIhMJGWiM8

Friday: No Class - Q2 Interim Testing